Nonsense.. Call and ask for the chief engineer. If they are having a problem with CALM compliance, they will want to know about it....
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 23, 2012 9:56 pm
It may be different today, but a few years ago before digital, I called KTVU to complain about an audio problem they were having. I never got to talk to the...
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Don Hackler
donhackler
Dec 23, 2012 10:05 pm
Not an unusual attitude for TV guys 15 or 20 years ago. Most of the stations are pretty worried about compliance issues now. They just spent a bunch of money...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 23, 2012 10:36 pm
Actually, it was about 5 years ago, and the FCC makes surprise visits most of our Sonoma county radio stations, an average of once or twice a year, as the seek...
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Don Hackler
donhackler
Dec 23, 2012 10:48 pm
They probably just needed an excuse to go to lunch in the wine country. A few years ago the FCC had orders to inspect a lot of stations for EAS and public file...
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Otto
scottc6666
Dec 23, 2012 11:13 pm
Ok, so who do I write to or call? I'm watching football now (KTVU, 2.1 OTA) and a Toyota commercial came on that just about blew us out of our seats. But the...
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Don Hackler
donhackler
Dec 23, 2012 11:30 pm
From http://www.ktvu.com/home/contactus KTVU 2 Jack London Square Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: (510) 834-1212 email: engineering at ktvu.com The more details...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 27, 2012 7:13 am
From a TV Technology article, featuring the engineer who gave you that noise: “It’s a good thing for the viewers,” says Lee McPherson, San...
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Larry Kenney
larrykenney
Dec 27, 2012 7:37 am
I just noticed that "RetroTV" has moved from KCNS 38.5 to KTNC 42.4 (in place of the color bars). Larry SF...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 27, 2012 7:55 am
When you watch KNTV's 11.2 Cozi TV, does it fill your screen? I'd watch it, but all I get is an itty-bitty picture with black bars around all sides, as viewed...
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Larry Kenney
larrykenney
Dec 27, 2012 9:20 am
... COZI TV looks good when in full screen 16:9 mode (possibly HD - can't tell for sure), but has a problem when it goes to a program or commercial that's...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 27, 2012 9:47 am
Interesting! So then should I assume that the problem is Comcast not sizing the picture correctly; KNTV, not broadcasting it correctly; or is it Cozi? BD...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 27, 2012 11:04 am
AT 2:59, an EAS test came on ... except ... it didn't work! The announcement said it was an EAS test, but after that for 30-40 seconds, no audio, or video...
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Don Hackler
donhackler
Dec 27, 2012 12:33 pm
They are only breaking the law if they don't notice (and log) that the test didn't work....
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Don Hackler
donhackler
Dec 27, 2012 12:37 pm
I gave you a phone number, an email address, and a snail mail address. Now you even have a name to ask for when you call. The ball is in your court. ... I gave...
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Otto
scottc6666
Dec 27, 2012 8:20 pm
Thank you. I will follow-up....
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rnrroy
Dec 28, 2012 2:48 am
Warrem Haynes 24th Annual Chrtistmas Jam, a fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity, will air in its entirity today on both DISH Network and DirecTV from 3:30pm...
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Daniel Curry
k6dlc
Dec 28, 2012 2:48 am
I am getting it OTA and I see 3:3 format on my 16:9 screen. -- Daniel Curry PGP: AD5A 96DC 7556 A020 B8E7 0E4D 5D5E 9BA5 C83E 8C92 IPv6 Sage Certified San...
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Larry Kenney
larrykenney
Dec 28, 2012 7:59 am
We're all seeing the skinny picture about 3:3 instead of 4:3 on Cozi TV. I've been asked is it the fault of KNTV or the folks at Cozi. I don't know, but...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 28, 2012 3:39 pm
I sent an e-mail to Cozi. Despite what was said here, I don't believe writing to the TV station will get the engineer's attention, and there's no direct link...
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Ron Economos
k6mpg
Dec 28, 2012 3:39 pm
Cozi works fine here on Comcast in Silicon Valley (channel 186). I captured some bitstream, and it is 704x480 but flagged 16:9. On 4:3 material, the black...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 29, 2012 3:37 pm
UPDATE: Postage stamp size picture has been replaced with a letterbox-sized picture on commercials and programs. Since the actual program isn't...
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rnrroy
Dec 29, 2012 3:37 pm
This posting is two-weeks old, 12/14, and just appeared in today's summary. Point is that you missed it because of Yahoo lagging or having problems updating...
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israndy
Dec 29, 2012 3:48 pm
This time the issue was the new "feature" of SPAM checking. Lots of messages are now triggering Yahoo's SPAM detection and it sends me a note saying "You need...
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bill weber
bweber2k
Dec 29, 2012 4:09 pm
Kewl! Like a san fernado bride, I would never haven't known. ... From: israndy Sent: 29 Dec 2012 15:52:08 GMT To: HDTV-in-SFbay@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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bill weber
bweber2k
Dec 29, 2012 4:20 pm
Google bought deja vu usenet archives and was bannex from the usenet two years, later l8tr. ... From: israndy Sent: 29 Dec 2012 15:52:08 GMT To:...
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bill weber
bweber2k
Dec 29, 2012 4:37 pm
Uahoo was a trash dump of drunken spams from day one. ... From: bill weber Sent: 29 Dec 2012 16:20:37 GMT To: HDTV-in-SFbay@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:...
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tvrolyk
Dec 29, 2012 9:58 pm
I try to tune in RetroTV 42.4 and my TV tunes 42.4 for a second then shows 01.4 which is "Bounce" network. does anyone else get this. I have re-scanned...
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Larry Kenney
larrykenney
Dec 30, 2012 1:54 am
... It sounds like your tuner is not finding KTNC, the channel that has RetroTV now. It transmits from Mt. Diablo on channel 14. Channel 42 is its virtual...
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Duke And Rat
broduke2000
Dec 30, 2012 8:22 am
In the groups that I run, I finally had to disable the spam filter. All it was doing was preventing actual posts from appearing. Apparently if you don't clear...
